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1. vt., To tell tall tales, exaggerate, talk.

• Related:
  • hoʻopālau Same as above; to cause to tell tall tales.
• References:
  • PPN pa(a)lau.

2. n., War club; wooden implement with convex cutting edges, for cutting off ends of taro corm for planting (also pālau kōhi); knife.

3. n., Mat, wrapper.

• Related:
  • Pālaulau is commoner.
• References:
  • Cf. pālau kea, pālau moena, pālau ʻula.

4. Short for kōʻelepālau, a pudding of sweet potatoes and coconut cream.

• Related:
  • Kīʻoʻe pālau, a spoon used for stirring and dipping pālau pudding.

5. n., A variety of hīnālea, a fish.

6. n., Maui name for yam.

• Maui

7. n., A variety of taro.

Old and worn mat, usually small, used to sit on by the fireplace; mat for wrapping things to carry.

Digging stick used to make vertical holes for planting slips or cuttings. (NP 130.) Pudding of sweet potatoes and coconut cream. (NP 136.) Also called koʻelepālau.

War club.